A subgenre of crime fiction which portrays the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. Unlike in other types of crime fiction, the perpetrator may be known at the outset of the story.

(law, of a defendant) Exempt from the payment of debts, either because of insufficient funds or because of protection by statute.

A protein as it is being formed by a ribosome before it folds into its active shape.

plural of protein complex

(biochemistry) A group of two or more associated proteins that remains stable over time.

airtight

A possessive pronoun that is reflexive; i.e. one that refers back to the subject

Alternative spelling of interprocess communication

(computing) A technology that allows a computer program to cause a subroutine or procedure to execute in another address space, commonly on another computer on a shared network, without the programmer explicitly coding the details for this remote interaction.

A device that projects an enlarged image of a photographic slide onto a screen